Which encryption type?

If you got to choose a one-way encryption type that would be included in an online database, which would it be? (Except MD5 and SHA-1.)

Select one of these or mention another.

SHA-256 SHA-384 SHA-512 LM NTLM MD4

SHA-512 or LM

Des theres not many out there.

If you're going to go with DES then why not use 3DES (triple DES)?

I saw MD4 and stopped reading.

@OP; go read through some wikipedia pages, you won't understand our answers anyway.

spyware wrote: I saw MD4 and stopped reading.

@OP; go read through some wikipedia pages, you won't understand our answers anyway.

Of course you stopped reading then, it was the end of the post. Why don't you try me?

The encryption type you use is 100% dependant on the system you are running the queries on.

If you are running a crap box you do not want something like SHA-512 since it will chew up a lot of resources on a crappy machine.

However, that being said, I would use SHA-512 or Whirlpool myself. The latter because it is not a well known algorithm and is quite secure.

The reason I'm asking is that I'm thinking of expanding my database to include more types of hashes.

AldarHawk wrote: The latter because it is not a well known algorithm

If you want popularity, link

http://www.google.com/trends?q=SHA-256%2C+SHA-384%2C+SHA-512%2C+LM%2C+NTLM%2C+MD4&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=3